Philly-based Diplo and UK’s Switch have finally come together in the long awaited duo - Major Lazer on their new album, “Guns Don’t Kill People, Lazers Do.” The album boasts some original reggae cuts and original effects. Like any album should, this one has your normal set of diversity, …

Artist: Destiny’s Child ft. Missy Elliott
Video: Bootylicious (Rockwilder Remix)
Album: Survivor
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Little X
What was music video director Little X thinking when he signed up to do this one? This is the Rockwilder Remix to Destiny’s Child’s second single and music video, “Bootylicious”, from their third album titled “Survivor”. …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Me, Myself and I”
Album: Dangerously in Love
Label: Columbia
Director: Johan Renck
“Me, Myself and I” is the third single and music video from Beyonce’s solo debut album called “Dangerously in Love”, following the previous singles and videos, “Crazy in Love” with Jay-Z and “Baby Boy” with Sean Paul. This …

Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon is a song by The Flaming Lips and the fifth song on their third album, Telepathic Surgery. Opening up with a distorted guitar riff, the band thankfully have the bass fairly prominently in the mix which is nice to hear after some nice bass fills throughout …

Brother Sport is a song by Animal Collective and the final track to appear on their 2009 release, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up with a quick and lighthearted feel, the song immediately reminds me of Lion In A Coma because of this. Despite this, Brother Sport lacks the somewhat …

I am so in love with this song, titled Dayang Nurfaizah - Still You Leave. The title is also known as ‘Kau Pergi Jua’. This song is actually a cover version of another veteran singer and Dayang Nurfaizah is sort of Malaysia’s answer to Beyonce. And she …

I was really impressed with this two-man band - or should I say, the one man, one woman band. HoneyHoney is comprised of two members and two members only (with the exception of an additional musician or so on stage i.e. a drummer). For some reason, usually …

The sophomore jinx? No, not for this band. Soundgarden’s second album, Louder Than Love is a testament to their domination over pretenders at the time. And one song says it better than any: Big Dumb Sex. The title alone is intriguing enough that it warrants a listen.
There are some …

I Got The Blues is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Sticky Fingers. The song starts off with a clean guitar riff which actually goes on for a pretty fair amount of time and it has a very melancholy tone to it which certainly …

Overview —“ American Idiot, the first music video released by Green Day in support of the album of the same title shows the band at a level of new songwriting and shows that they emerged from the time after Warning as being stronger and better than ever, musically, lyrically, …

What Happened is a song by Sublime and the fifteenth song to appear on their debut album entitled 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening up with a clean guitar part, other instruments soon join in the mix as well and I must say that the percussion section does a nice …

Star Trek: Sound Effects from the Original TV Soundtrack might not sound much like a soundtrack, but if you are someone that grew up watching the original or cannot get enough of the sound effects used on the 1960s television show, this soundtrack is sure to please you and …

I Want To Tell You is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Revolver. Opening up with a lighthearted guitar riff that gradually fades into the song, other instrumentation also joins in which gives the track a whole sound before the vocals also come in with …

Two Corvettes is a song by Animal Collective and is the third track on their third studio release, Campfire Songs. Transitioning out of Doggy, Two Corvettes fluidly opens with a vocal section packed by the acoustic guitar tone that has been present throughout the album thus far. Like the …

Barbra Streisand and holiday tunes: what a combination, but it works, and it works well. Barbra Streisand: Christmas Memories CD is a collection of 12 songs, new to Streisand and not repeats from her first holiday album done decades ago, with the exception of Ava Maria, though it’s …

Is it me, or is Pussycat Dolls sounding more mellow by the day..? I can’t help to say that, and it is quite evident when I listened to the tracks in Doll Domination by Pussycat Dolls. They are sounding normal by the day and the tunes are not …

The 21st century began with great news on the music world with the incarnation of some hard rock supergroups like “A Perfect Circle”, “Velvet Revolver” and “Audioslave”. This last one was created on 2001, when the remaining members of Rage Against the Machine (after Zack de la Rocha left …

The opening strain of this song is like Knock you down from Keri Hilson. They lyrics shows that it is became Knocks you down part two. Actually that is what my friends said too but anyway this song is like other hip hop songs that came out it only …

Distance is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad and is the fifth song on their 2011 release, Knife Man. Opening up with a fast and aggressive rhythm guitar part, the song reminds me far more of the second track on the record, The Gift Of The Magi 2, far …

Charlie Manson Blues is a song by The Flaming Lips and the seventh track on their debut release, Hear It Is. Opening up with a driving distorted guitar riff, Charlie Manson Blues somewhat takes on the feel of Unplugged, but it isn’t simply a repetition of what the band …

My opinion of this album changed dramatically in the course of years. I was a huge fan of Ozzy Osbourne when I was in my early teenage years. I knew all his albums very well, and was quite fond of many of his songs. And this album, the 1983 …

Journey is an incredible band that was created in 1973.During the seventies and early eighties they enjoyed the peak of their success and popularity.This collection of songs represents their radio friendly singles and hits.I have enjoyed listening to Journey ever since I was in High School.I remember cruising around …

Evisceration Plague is the band’s 11th full length album, released on February 3 of 2009, the album features producer Erik Rutan and was released on Metal Blade Records. The overall feel of the album if extremely heavy, if you know the band very well you will know they usually …

Saving Jane is an alternative rock band which consists of five members, to my knowledge. The first song I ever heard from this band was called “Saving Jane”
I first heard this song on a local radio station and I think it relates very well to how many girls must …

Indescribable by Chris Tomlin is a song that sums it all up. Indescribable is just the word to describe what god is. He is hard to explain and in so many ways you can’t explain him that’s why I agree he is one hundred percent Indescribable. I like this …

British rock band Queen released their most groundbreaking material in the year 1975 - A Night at the Opera album. At the time of its release it was the most expensive album ever made. The album features diverse musical styles such as hard rock, opera influenced rock and pop …

Help is the title track to The Beatles’ record of the same name and showcases early Beatles songwriting at it’s very best. Although I’m certainly a bigger fan of The Beatles’ later work, particularly when they experimented more in the psychedelic rock subgenre, but I can’t dismiss some of …

See now this is Death Metal done right! The drumming is MAD technical, experimental, Jazzy and progressive while still keeping touches of traditional Death Metal(which satisfies those easy to please Death Metal purists). Truly amazing drumming that any drummer would appreciate! There is enough obscure and original drumming on …

The 1999 release of Mary J. Blige’s album featured a wonderful opening song called “All That I Can Say.” I really love this little ditty. It’s a wonderful piece of instrumentation. And Mary really gets behind the music with her voice. The tempo is …

Parabol is a song by Tool which appears on their album Lateralus. I’m not extremely familiar with Tool’s music but I’ve been trying lately to see how they are so we’ll see how this goes. The track starts off with what sounds to me to be a bass playing …

Three Peaches is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their debut record On Avery Island. Opening up with a short horn introduction, Magnum comes in with the vocals of the track with a delivery that seems to have a slightly sad tone to it which matches …

We Are the Night by The Chemical Brothers has a good cover CD. There are 2 palms facing side by side on the cover CD and the bluish coloring design is so gorgeous. And this CD has some nice songs too. If you love The Chemical Romance, …

‘Cause I’m A Man is a song off of Tame Impala’s latest album, Currents, and it has been my most played song of the last month. I originally heard the song while watching a YouTube video and paused it so I could figure out what song it was, and …

First love is one of the timeless classic that I remember hearing when I was young. I am not aware about love before I just love the song. Until I grew up and this song is up to now playing in the airwaves and it still capture the hearts …

This album is fantastic on numerous levels. Probably the most fantastic thing about it is that it was released in 1998. When you listen to this album, it is difficult to believe that. Combinations of rap and rock music were very popular, but not round at that time as …

You’re all I have is another good hit from Snow Patrol, and like Chasing cars, arguably Snow Patrols most famous hit, the lead singer, Gary Lightbody has a voice which is somewhat appealing. In most of the songs, the lyrics involve Mr Lightbody asking somebody for something, almost pleading. …

I first heard of the German rock band Rammstein when I had just left high school and had begun to crave metal and explore some of the heavier genres of rock music. Someone had introduced me to the music of Rammstein, which I became even more interested in hearing …

When I stepped out of the warm summer night into the Pearl Street Nightclub in the quaint village of Northampton, Massachusetts, my expectations were set at an unattainable height, as if I were entering the gates of Max Yasgur’s farm in August of ‘69. I was, however, not entering …

Aaliyah ft. Ginuwine, Timbaland, and Missy Elliot
“One In A Million (Remix)”
One In A Million
Blackground/Atlantic
Director: Paul Hunter
Remix singles have the potential to do many things for listeners, but remix music videos are a hit and miss game when it comes down to it. The remix for Aaliyah’s signature hit, “One …

It may just be my personal preference for acoustics, but this song is just beautiful and breathtaking. Especially when I can relate to it.
From my point of view, this song depicts the loneliness and pain of having to live separate from your loved one, a.k.a a long distance …

I was a big fan of Selena Gomez when I was like 10-14 years old. I always saw her as Miley Cyrus’ rival during those days, coming from Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place.
I loved some of her songs when she was called “Selena Gomez and the Scene”; …

My Girls is a song by Animal Collective and the second track on their 2009 release, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up with an upbeat and happy sounding synthesized intro, My Girls is one of the most accessible Animal Collective tracks ever put out so if you’re a listener just …

It Overtakes Me is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their album At War With The Mystics. Right from the beginning of the track, you can tell The Flaming Lips certainly have their own unique sound on the track. The song opens up with a …

Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik - two of the world’s biggest popstars today has made a new collaboration for the highly anticipated erotic film “Fifty Shades Darker”. When I heard this news the first thing that came to my mind was, “Seriously? Their voices will not blend well, what …

I recently bought an awesome live music dvd from Best buy. It was a Use your Illusion 1 & 2 concert by Guns N’ Roses from Tokyo, Japan and this dvd came with the full 26 song concert on two disks. I really like this concert because it is …

The band was founded in Los Angeles since 1994, the band did not offer something different, after five albums, Wayne Static, Tony Campos, Koichi Fukuda, and Nick Oshiro, still presents almost the same thing, just different doses. Released an album under the title Cult Of Static, Static-X remain faithful …

Shakira is one of those artists who has been extremely successful yet somehow manages to fly under the radar until she has huge hits like “She Wolf” or “Beautiful Liar”. She has always been one of my favorite female recording artists because she is an amazing vocalist as well …

After two years Helmut Lotti made a new cd : The Crooners. Helmut became popular because his classical cd’s. After these he made every year a new cd about a new item like : Africa, Latino Songs, Pop songs,and his previous one was : From Russia With Love.
I thought …

This is my favorite song and the best rap and hip hop sounds I have to listen. I love the rap, the supreme melody and how the lyrics are arranged. I love how the song flows, the fast beat, the majority of sounds are coming from drums and piano. …

“Hollow” is the last track on “Vulgar Display of Power”. The song happens to be one of the plethora of singles that appear on the album. Needless to say, this is a classic metal album that everyone should own. Although it is technically Pantera’s 6th studio album, most people …